ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archeological site mean? 

• ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE (noun)
  The noun ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE has 1 sense:

1. the site of an archeological exploration

  Familiarity information: ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The site of an archeological exploration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

archeological site; dig; excavation

Context example:

they set up camp next to the dig

Hypernyms ("archeological site" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Domain category:

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

Instance hyponyms:

Byblos (an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated)